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I aten't dead...
Oct. 17th, 2005 02:17 pmWhoa, dude, what a weekend. *flails*
Long story short? The Hubby won the Bonus Race on Thursday, and the Bonus Race on Friday, and we came home with over $2500 in prize money. Which we're splitting after expenses and taxes (@#$%& IRS). He also went a couple of rounds in the Classic itself and got back some round money from that.
We've NEVER had a weekend that good. Ever. He's been fighting the car all season, and I guess it finally decided to come together for him for the Halloween Classic. He knocked out people who were regional champions...and he beat one guy TWICE who's been featured in National Dragster.
What's really fun is that he's got a kind of ugly car. It's a 1979 Ford Fairmont Futura (you can see a pic of one here)--and it doesn't look like anything at all. He's got a $60 Krylon paint job on it, and people giggle at it...until it does the quarter-mile in less than ten and a half seconds. Then, suddenly, Grandma's grocery-getter doesn't seem so lame anymore. The Ford people LOVE the thing, and believe me, there weren't any "Found On Road Dead" jokes this weekend.
And now...I shop. I've got my eye on a couple of Oaxacan carvings, and a bunch of books. Possibly S1 of Angel. Also? This is a paid-off laptop for me.
Also? I wrote three fics, which I'll be spamming you with as the day goes on. I started and finished a Lindsey fic for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
moviequoteminis (it's posted there if anyone just can't wait), and finished the Wash/Zoe fic I started awhile back. And I wrote the Beagle-smuggling fic. It's amazing what you can accomplish with no distractions or internet access. LOL
Anything interesting happen while we were out? I got to skip=260 on my flist before giving up. You all are fascinating, but holy crap.
Long story short? The Hubby won the Bonus Race on Thursday, and the Bonus Race on Friday, and we came home with over $2500 in prize money. Which we're splitting after expenses and taxes (@#$%& IRS). He also went a couple of rounds in the Classic itself and got back some round money from that.
We've NEVER had a weekend that good. Ever. He's been fighting the car all season, and I guess it finally decided to come together for him for the Halloween Classic. He knocked out people who were regional champions...and he beat one guy TWICE who's been featured in National Dragster.
What's really fun is that he's got a kind of ugly car. It's a 1979 Ford Fairmont Futura (you can see a pic of one here)--and it doesn't look like anything at all. He's got a $60 Krylon paint job on it, and people giggle at it...until it does the quarter-mile in less than ten and a half seconds. Then, suddenly, Grandma's grocery-getter doesn't seem so lame anymore. The Ford people LOVE the thing, and believe me, there weren't any "Found On Road Dead" jokes this weekend.
And now...I shop. I've got my eye on a couple of Oaxacan carvings, and a bunch of books. Possibly S1 of Angel. Also? This is a paid-off laptop for me.
Also? I wrote three fics, which I'll be spamming you with as the day goes on. I started and finished a Lindsey fic for
moviequoteminis (it's posted there if anyone just can't wait), and finished the Wash/Zoe fic I started awhile back. And I wrote the Beagle-smuggling fic. It's amazing what you can accomplish with no distractions or internet access. LOLAnything interesting happen while we were out? I got to skip=260 on my flist before giving up. You all are fascinating, but holy crap.
